Regulator valve



June 8, 1954 Filed Aug. l, 1950 w. F. MaGGLAsHAMJR REGULATOR VALVE 2 Sheets-Sheet l @www REGULATOR VALVE Filed Aug. l, 1950 2 Sheets-SheefI 2 lwoo/Moz 5 William E Mac: Glashanlr.

Patented June 8, 1954 I l y UNITED STATES .PATENT N omer William F. Maeo'lashan, Jr., Alhambra, Calif., assigner t the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Application August 1, 19540, Serial No; 177,053 4 claim-s. (c1. 1er-505.28)

This invention relates' to regulator valves and The joined ends of housings I and 2 define an more particularly to regulator valves employed internal channel 2b which receives the flange in rocket units. of a valve seat ring 6 projecting from housing I It is an object of this invention to' produce a into housing 2. The confronting surfaces beregulator valve designed to maintain an outlet .tween the valve seat ring 6 and the housings I pressure which has a predetermined relation to and 2 dei-lne suitable channels la and 8a` in which' the pressure existing in a counter alancing are tted O-rings V'I and 8. 'I'he valve seat ring chamber' provided in the'regulator valve. and the adjacent recessed end of the housing 2 Another object of 'the'4 invention is a compact form a pressure chamber 9. The periphery of pressure regulator utilizing a pressure dome for lo the pressure chamber 9 is connected by axially regulating the outlet pressures. n extending passages I,.formed in housing 2, toan Another object of the invention is a regulator inlet II provided at the opposite endof housing v'alv'ehaving the characteristic of maintaining an 2. Centered between the passages Ii! and compact construction and a morefavorable stress 2-0 cavity 4. The piston I3is threaded onto the valveclearly appear from the following description by the piston I 3y and retainer ring It and engages Fig. 1' is a longitudinal sectional View through valve seal I8', the valve-seat ring 5 and the piston one embodiment of the valve, showing the valve "o I provide mating abutment shoulders`which in closed position. limit movement of the piston I3. Ports |351 for Fig; 2 is an end view oi the outlet end of the equalizing pressure are provided in the piston I3, valve shown in Fig. 1. connecting the annulus il with the pressure Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through D, another embodiment of the valve, showing the "o il!O is subjected to the pressure in the chamber 9.

valve in open position. The extendedI endi511. ofthe valve stem l5 is Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View of the provided with a piston I 9 which slides within Valve 0f Fig. 3 in Closed position. the cavity 4 between the outlet ports 5 and the Referring to the drawings by character of refo closed end of the cylindrical member da. An

Shoulder 2a' A Ttane Ting 3 joins the tWO a counterbalance. The valve stem I 5, adjacent 'Y isprovided with a bypass 22 which cylindrical member fia extending in-teriorly along Connects a chamber 23, formed between the pisy the longitudinal axis of housing I and integral 50 ton :3- and the closed end of cylinder ma, with therewith denne's a central cavity 4 open toward that portion of the central cavity l which comhousng 2. The central cavity' is intelsected by muni'cates with the outlet ports 5. A compresoutlet ports 5 in thex foi-Iii of elbow passages,A the sion spring 2li surrounds the valve stem I5 beto engage the valve seat ring In the operation of the valve described above, the counterbalance pressure chamber 2i is pressurized with gas from some external source to move the valve oi its seat. Because of the bypass 22, the outlet pressure is applied to piston I3 in a direction to close the valve, so that a relatively constant outlet pressure may be mairitained in a predetermined relation to the pressure existing in the counterbalance chamber 2|.

Fig. 3 is a modification or the valve shown in Fig. l and includes a regulator valve body 26 cylindrical bar of the body is provided with a deep recess or cavity 21 at the inner end of which is formed a further recess or cylinder 28 oi smaller diameter. At the opposite end of the body 26 from 21 is an inlet port 29 which is connected with the cavity by flow passages 30 which bypass the cylinder 28. Adjacent the cylinder 28 the body 26 is provided with spaced internal grooves 3m which receive split rings 3i. The split rings retain between them a valve seat 32 in the lform of a flat ring and backing ring 33 provided with sealing means 34 adapted to seal against the walls of the cavity 21. The extended end ofk cavity 21 has xed therein a disk 35 which is restrained against :outward movement by a split retainer ring 36. The wall o cavity 2l is provided with a port 21a. The end plug is provided with a breather port 31. The cavity 21 receives with a head 3S adapted to fit within inder 28, and a seal ring 4i) rlhe inner end of the plunger head 3S has formed thereon an annular ,rib 4l to limit the inward movement of the plunger head with respect to the bottom or cyl- At the outer end oi the plunger head 33 is an undercut valve lip 42 which is adapted 32 near margin. The plunger head is also provided with bypass ports 43 which extend between its inner and outer extremities. The plunger 38 includes a valve seat the port 21a. and has a piston 45 aliixed to its end which terminates the disk 35. The piston is provided with a sealing means 45 which seal against the walls of cavity 21. The stem 44 is provided with a longitudinal bore tially the length of toward the disk 35. The stem houses in the bore a spring 48 having a support button 48a. fixed in its end adjacent the disk 35. The spring is adjustably retained in the bore 41 as by a set screw 4S in the disk 35.

The valve components as described in the preceding paragraph form a high -pressure compartment E between the valve seat 32 and inner end of cavity 21 communicating with the inlet port 2%. A low pressure chamber 5l is iormed between the valve seat 32 and the piston 45, and a third chamber 52 is formed between the plunger head closed end o cylinder 28, chamber 52 being in communication with chamber 5l by means of bypasses i3 in the plunger head.

The regulator valve oi Fig. 3 is normally open with the annular rib 4l engaging the closed end of cylinder 28. When the pressure in chamber '5i rises the pressure is communicated to chamber 52 and to the piston 45, causing the plunger 38 to move in opposition to the spring 48 until the valve is closed. The pressure in chamber 50 has no eiiect on movement of the valve, since the areas are substantially balanced with respect to vpressure in this region. The pressure in chamber stock.

in the cavity f the plunger and is open 5l is dependent upon the force exerted by spring 48 and is therefore maintained at a constant value.

I claim:

1. In a regulator valve, a casing having its top portion apertured and a cylindrical member extending inwardly of said casing from said aperture, said cylindrical member comprising a pressure dome, outlet passages formed in said casing and spaced radially about said pressure dome, the inner ends of said passages intersecting the cylindrical walls of said pressure dome adjacent said aperture, a valve seat ring positioned in said aperture, a tubular member having one end embracing said ring and coupled to said casing, there being an inlet formed in the other end of said tubular member, a pressure chamber formed in said tubular member adjacent said ring, a piston receiving cylinder integral with said tubular member and positioned intermediate said pressure chamber and the inlet of said tubular member, axially extending passages spaced about said cylinder and connecting said pressure chamber with said inlet, a valve normally seated on said ring and having a piston formed integral therewith slidable in said cylinder, the stem of said valve extending along the longitudinal axis of said casing and into said pressure dome, a piston mounted. on the end of said stem and slidable in said pressure dome, expansion means positioned about said stem in contact with the piston in said pressure dome and said ring to releasably hold said valve closed, said piston responding to a differential in pressure between said casing outlet passages and said pressure dome to open said valve.

2. A pressure regulating valve comprising, an elongated tubular housing having a central iiuid inlet, a fluid outlet through the side wall of said housing, and an elongated valve chamber between said inlet and said outlet, a transverse partition in said housing integral therewith adj acent said inlet and forming therewith an inlet chamber, a valve seat ring intermediate said partition and said outlet having its outer periphery engaging the inner wall of said housing and forming with said partition a high pressure chamber, said housing forming a low pressure chamber downstream of said valve seat ring, said partition having an axially disposed cylindrical cavity closed off on the side racing said inlet and having a plurality of longitudinal bores radially outwardly or said cavity connecting said inlet chamber with saidhigh pressure chamber, elongated piston extending through said valve seat ring and slidably engaging the side walls of said cavity and having a recess formed in the side of said piston facing the transverse wall of said cavity to form therewith a by-pass chamber, an enlargement integral with said piston engaging said valve seat ring to close said valve and to separate said high pressure chamber from said low pressure chamber when said valve is closed, said piston having a longitudinal bore connecting said by-pass cham-ber with said low pressure chamber, means within said housing engaging and moving said piston and enlargement to valve opening position, said means being eiective to provide a predetermined pressure in said low pressure chamber, whereby a rise in pressure in said low pressure chamber above said predetermined pressure is transmitted by way of said longitudinal bore to said by-pass chamber to move said enlargement toward valve closing posi- 2,680,454 tion to maintain said predetermined pressure in out of engagement with Vsaid valve seat ring said low pressure chamber. whereby said valve is opened.

3. A pressure regulating valve comprising an 4. In a regulator valve, a first casing having elongated tubular housing having iirst and secan inlet port at one end and a piessure chambei transverse wall, a partition in said housing insecond casing coupled to the opposite end of said termediate said inlet and said outlet and forinrst casing, a pressure dome formed within said ing with said inlet an inlet chamber, said partisecond casing, said second casing having cliouter peripheral surface engaging the inner Wall centsaid valve seat, a valve normally positioned having diametrically opposed longitudinal bores integral With Said Valve, means urging Said seoan elongated stem on said piston extending axialthe other end with said pressure dome wherethe inner wall of said housing and having a cenpressure is re-attained tral aperture to receive said stem, an enlarge- Y nient integral with said elongated piston adapted References Cited in the flle 0f this patent to engage said valve seat ring to separate said UNITED STATES PATENTS high pressure chamber from said low pressure chamber to close said valve, a coil spring about Nzuglogris Grmlla'me Ma Dzatelglo Said Stem having one end abutting said vaive 40 3071949 Phmipg --Janylzlg seat ring and the other end abutting said cylin- 214871650 Grove NO'V. 8 1949 drical piston to bias said enlargement' into en- 2,590,622 Huber Mar. 25, 1952 gagement with said valve seat ring, said second transverse wall having an opening to admit fluid FOREIGN PATENTS pressure into said housing against said cylin- Number Country Date drical piston to thereby move said enlargement 199,534 Great Britain 1923 

